The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-02-25

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l1oAe1 ~ uvi1 y. OaS. Chlef ~ lie
Dlvlston q -1f5nlng 0eolIselco I'D Tseh-
nolory Or The Geological oogvo3, lAo
following oppoars:
~ total commevclnl prodDet ~ ooaj
81 III Kinds O. looo. exclusive % lhae
eonsuwed % ne snineA kncun - co.,
l1osy consumption. vas - o3l50s long
sonp. valued g ol53. ol5 100 o. thls a.
2Gk<2l long tone wero Prensylvsuia |
Srlhr~cise. valued q s72.s7l ~; while
~ other coalA including bt'umInoae.
hrown coal. Ignite aud small loto Of a.
shncllo produced outside ~ rennsvl-
varin, the production waa 8. so. -
Donx l0ss. valued % to0.6e0.6ea ~ the
points % p~ro<5nctIou. This total pro-
ducsIoa, Including eclllery eo:sumc-
ton. was: P>nnsylvanIs anthracite. 81
118.5sa long tona. all other Goals g. s@0.-
66o losY tone. making the total absolute
producfi0n or Tho coal minee Of the
Uni,sd States -. 1860 2l6 long tons. VAL
nod g follows: Anthracite, o76.e7l,-|
80: hi,nminonsa o53S47,e>o: tolais
&l5QOl0 $50. The total production lin
Guiding l.<al consumpiionj OF anthracite
wns ! 052. 793 tons IN excees Of that Of
1854, and lie value v as $40 3204o6 great
q. Tba total production Of bitu0inone
cnal Wa 6.66o .o7l toni lsao than - 1854.
bot Its vsiue Wae o>.o30. So greater.
Tho total production 81 coal VI al kindS
shows : net ioss IL tonnage 81 5yo97,o5o
long tons compared With that Of lisa.
bnt : gain 81 value Of as 35l.0Io, the
increase in valns heinK due % - aver
age increase Of s. Gents per long ton
The total value Il about the zane - that
Of lo33-
Petroleum The production was a.
ol2.Os2 barrels OF IS gsllons. Of which
ehe Pennsylvania and New York 6elde
produced 30.776O4I b1vvels. The total
value. ~ "a sversge price % g 70 seats
PER borTel, wa tl9. i93.694. The pro-
duclIoo showed : decrease Of 3.947.l71
harvels and 9l.282, 5U0O 10 value from
16oA
Natural Gas NO record Il kept Of the
Yield 10 cubic fert The amount ~ coal
Displaced BY gas In 1885 was 3.16l.69O
t0ns, valued @ t4e543u IN 1854 the
coal displaced Wss valued q tl,46U.6oO
The yield hns increased tenfoid since
l8sa-
lron-Tne principal statistics for 1895
were: Domestic iron 90 consumed z
os0OW long t0tss. value ~ mine $1S.O0o-
90, imported iron ore consumed $780,
5o6 long tons ; ply iron made male -
Oh $50 long tons. . decrease Of 53 34s
tons q comp>red with l88s 4, value q FUR
nance. &6& III. zoo. or 1910 s24 less than
~ lS94- Total spot value " 81 iron and
ooeol Ia the first stage Of manufacture,
Including I'll du~pIisatione, 9S3.OO0Oo, :
decline OF &14 UU0,OO0 from 1854.
Cold aud Sttver-The mint authorities
ostimste t5s value 81 the gold produced
ID lns5 q 331. 60tlOUO. - increase Of 81
001.Oo0 ovsr 1854 Tho production Of
silver = similarly estimated q ttl6O0.
600, IN increase Of ozsoO0yOO0 over 1883
riu--PrObaoly 40 tons Of "bIack tin
oge wore made af the concentrating
works at the Eta Mine ~ Dakota No
sn.slsing works have yet been erected.
Piatiuum-The amount Of crude pla-
olnum mined in 1885 wa> about $50 Troy
sUncess vsIUed q tl87 90 This is tx
elusive Of about 100 ouuceo % iridos-
mine. for pointing pens.
Alumimusn-F he pr0duction o. metal
Nc aluminium increased from $3.50 Troy
ounces In 1854 10 3,4OD ounces in 1855,
vsIued 81 ~ $50. aluminium bsonze,
eoslaini"g 10 per cent. Aluminium, wse
made 10 the mount Of o . 4.5OO
prnnds, valued u oI-o00.
Building St0n0--vaiuo eloyOO0,O0O
shout che same - in 1854.
Brick and tfle--The demand and con-
sequeet production increased % - esti-
mated value 0f e35, OOo,0UO ID 1855.
Imo@yvtth The price constant q 50
ooHto PER barrel q The kilna. the produce
Sim incveased from 37.O00,00Q barrels IN
1o84 70 4O,OvO.OUO Ia I006-